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745-725 B.C: Tiglath-Pilser II, King of Assyria extends his
empire to Arakosia (Arachosia, modern
Kandahar).
577 B.C: Birth of Sidhartha or Gautama Buddha. The
sixth century B.C. is indeed a most remarkable
epoch in the world's history. It sees spiritual
renovation in countries as far apart as Greece,
Palestine, India, China and Persia. In India
there appears a great teacher and reformer,
who revolutionizes the religious thought and
feeling not only of India but of the Central and
Eastern Asian countries as well. Buddhism
finds its way to Afghanistan in the middle of the
third century B.C., during the reign of Asoka
the Great.
558 B.C: Cyrus (Kai-Khusro or Kurush), King of Fars,
lays the foundation of the Achaemenid Empire.
549-545 B. C: Cyrus is occupied with the conquest of Aryana
(Ancient Afghanistan). He is finally killed in
one of these battles (529 B.C.)
518 B. C. Darius Hystaspes (or Drayavush Vishtasp) King
of Fars, ventures further eastwards than Cyrus
and conquers the right bank of the Indus.
517 B. C: Skylax, the Greek, explores the lower course of
the Indus.
480 B. C: The Indus valley practically becomes independ
ent on the defeat of Xerxes by the Greeks.
336 B. C: Accession to the throne of Alexander the Great.
334 B. C: Alexander in pursuit of his father's plan launches
his attack and crosses the Hellespont (now
Dardanelles) into Asia Minor.
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